From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759623AbXGBOJj (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:09:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756329AbXGBOJX (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:09:23 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57898 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756073AbXGBOJW (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:09:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:15:34 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , eng.linux@digi.com Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove support for the orphaned, obsolete Digi EPCA driver. Message-ID: <20070702151534.2728ae63@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: References: <20070702144605.5cf99b3a@the-village.bc.nu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > This driver requires a number of user-space tools. They can be acquired from > > > http://www.digi.com, but only works with 2.4 kernels." > > > > So fix them or merge the newer digi drivers first. > > ok, but what then does it mean to read that this driver: > > 1) *requires* a number of user-space tools, and > 2) these tools don't work with the 2.6 kernel? Last time I poked at the tools they were working under 2.6 with some trivial compile fixes. Ideally this driver would be trimmed to ISA only and the newer dgrs drivers merged but latter half appears to be something digi have no interest in